Mukhtasar Al Quduri Hanafi fiqh

JURISPRUDENCE (FIQH)
A Hanafi Fiqh
"The faqih is the one who is frugal in this world, desirous of the Hereafter,
a person who has insight into his religion, who is constant in the worship
of his Lord, who keeps himself well away from [violating] the characters of
and property Muslims, and who is an advisor to them." [Hasan al-Basri]
Overview of fiqh
Mukhtasar al-Quduri
Mukhtasar al-Quduri - Introduction
WORSHIP
Ritual Purification (Taharah)
Ritual Prayer (Salat)
Purifying Charity (Zakat)
Fasting (Sawm)
Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Jihad
Charging Tuition for Teaching Qur'an
PERSONAL RELATIONS
Marriage
Divorce
Children
Gender Issues
The Lawful and the Prohibited
Halal and Haram : Doubtful Things
Oaths
Food and Drink
Clothing
Seeing the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
in a dream
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Interest (Riba)
Regulations governing investment

JUDICIAL / STATE
Politics / Jihad
Caliphate
Penal Law

JURISPRUDENCE (FIQH)
Definitions
Shariàh - Those doctrinal, practical and dispositional regulations
which Allah has legislated through one of His Messengers.
Fiqh - The science of extraction of practical religious regulations
from their detailed sources.
Fiqh is the practical implementation of shariàh through its human
understanding.
Differences between the Islamic Shariàh and Man-Made Systems of
Law
1. Divine origin vs. Human origin.
2. Consequences in this world and the Hereafter vs. This world
only.
3. Development of personal accountability to Allah vs. Mere
loyalty to the law
4. Absolute criteria providing for the benefit of creatures vs.
Popular opinion which may or may not be beneficial.
Foundations of the Islamic Shariàh
1. Consideration of the welfare of the servants, both in this world
and the Hereafter.
2. Connection of regulations to their rationales, and persistence
of the regulations in the presence and absence of the
rationales.
3. Gradual, progressive legislation.
4. Preclusion of hardship.
5. Establishment of justice.
Categories of Actions
Fard
Fard Àyn
Fard Kifayah

(Wajib)
Sunnah
Sunnah Mu'akkadah
Mustahabb
Mubah
Makruh (Tanzihi)
(Makruh Tahrimi)
Haram
Branches of Fiqh
Worship (`Ibadat)
Financial Transactions
Personal Relations
Penal Code
Sources of Fiqh
Primary Sources
Qur'an
Sunnah
Secondary Sources
Purification Salah Zakah
Fasting Hajj Jihad
Trade Interest
Advance-
Purchase
Manufacturing
Leasing
& Hiring
Collaterals Partnerships Commissioning
Debts Gifts Endowments Lost & Found
Deposits Agriculture Hoarding
Marriage Divorce Custody
Support Inheritance Manumittance
Murder Theft Adultery Slander
Highway
Robbery
Drinking
Oaths &
Expiations
Judgment
Testimony Coercion

Consensus (Ijma`)
Analogy (Qiyas)
Evolution of Fiqh
Fiqh at the time of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace).
Fiqh in the time of the Sahabah.
The four Imams and their schools.
Imam Abu Hanifah an-Nu`man ibn Thabit al-Kufi, (80-150 A.H.).
Imam Abu Àbdillah Malik ibn Anas al-Yahsubi, (93-179 A.H.)
Imam Abu Àbdillah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafiì, (150-204 A.H.)
Imam Abu Àbdillah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal al-
Shaybani, (164-241 A.H.)
Agree on ~ 75% of material.
Necessity of following scholars
The Methodology of Acquiring Knowledge.
Taqlid.

Mukhtasar al-Quduri
Introduction (by the translator)
Worship (`Ibadat)
Personal Relations and Issues
Financial Transactions
Penal Law
Purity Salah Zakah
Fasting Hajj Jihad
Marriage Divorce Custody
Support Inheritance Manumittance
Food
and
Drink
Trade Interest
Advance-
Purchase
Manufacturing
Leasing
& Hiring
Collaterals Partnerships Commissioning
Debts Gifts Endowments Lost & Found
Deposits Agriculture Hoarding

Murder Theft Adultery Slander
Highway
Robbery
Drinking
Oaths &
Expiations
Judgment
Testimony Coercion

Mukhtasar al-Quduri
Brief Biography of Imam al-Quduri
He is Abu’l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja`far
ibn Hamdan al-Quduri al-Baghdadi, the Hanafi jurist, born 362 AH.
Al-Quduri is an ascription to the selling of pots (qudur).
Abu’l-Hasan al-Quduri took his knowledge of fiqh from Abu
Àbdillah Muhammad ibn al-Jurjani, from Abu Bakr al-Razi, from
Abu’l-Hasan al-Karkhi, from Abu Saìd al-Bardaì from Àli al-
Daqqaq, from Abu Sahl Musa ibn Nasr al-Razi, from Muhammad ibn
al-Hasan al-Shaybani, from Abu Hanifah, from Hammad ibn Abi
Sulayman, from Ibrahim al-Nakhaì, from Àlqamah, from
Àbdullah ibn Masùd (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (may Allah bless him and his Household and grant them all
peace).
Al-Quduri was one of the ashab al-tarjih (jurists who weighed
and analyzed the strengths of differing verdicts in the madhhab).
The leadership of the Hanafis in Ìraq came to rest with him, and
his renown rose. His mention recurs in the well-known Hanafi
books al-Hidayah and al-Khulasah. He died on 15th Rajab 428 AH
in Baghdad, and was buried in his home, but was later transported
and buried beside Abu Bakr al-Khawarizmi, another Hanafi jurist.
He authored: al-Mukhtasar, the fiqh summary bearing his name.
Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi, al-Tajrid, in seven volumes,
encompassing the disagreed issues between the Hanafis and
Shafiìs. al-Taqrib, also in issues of disagreement, a summary
which he compiled for his son,
and other works.
Brief Biography of Imam al-Quduri
An Introduction to Al-Mukhtasar
Advice of Caution

An Introduction to Al-Mukhtasar
Perhaps al-Quduri's most famous work, Al-Mukhtasar is also
known as al-Kitab. The number of issues it addresses is 12,500,
spanning the entire spectrum of fiqh, for the book covers not only
matters of worship, but also business transactions, personal
relations and penal and judicial matters. Abu Àli al-Shashi said
about the book, "Whoever memorizes this book is the best
accomplished of our associates in memorization, and whoever
understands it is the best accomplished of our associates in
understanding."
As is common with fiqh summary texts (mutun, singular : matn),
the book generally does not make a point of providing evidences
and derivations of the regulations. The bases and reasonings
behind the verdicts presented can be pursued in more advanced
books of the madhhab, and also require some knowledge of usul al-
fiqh. The traditional method of learning is for young people to first
study (and often memorize) a basic matn, then later go back and
study each issue in more detail, and/or along with the evidences.
It is related that when al-Quduri wrote this book, he carried it
with him to the Ka`bah, and hung it from its curtains. He asked
Allah the Exalted to bless him in it, and this prayer was apparently
fulfilled. The book is recognized and respected as a reliable book of
the school, and has had various commentaries written on it. Along
with Muhammad ibn al-Hasan's Al-Jami` al-Saghir, it formed the
nucleus of al-Marghinani's widely-renowned Al-Hidayah - which
itself was commentated on by numerous scholars, among the more
famous of them Hafiz Badr al-Din al-Àyni (the author of the
commentary on al-Bukhari Ùmdat al-Qari) in Al-Binayah, and Hafiz
Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Humam in Fath al-Qadir. It has been said that
Hafiz Ibn Taymiyyah, the Hanbali scholar, used Al-Mukhtasar as his
primary reference for the Hanafi school's positions. Upto this day,
the book enjoys a wide acclaim, still forming a part of the teaching
curriculum in many traditional madaris, and with prominent and
accomplished contemporary scholars continuing to recommend and
approve it as a teaching text.
Advice of Caution
Despite the undisputed respectability of Al-Mukhtasar, we should
bear in mind that perfection belongs only to Allah. While the book
is, on the whole, free from serious blunders, the author in some
places will present a verdict which may not be the soundest position
on the issue under examination. In some such places, I have
inserted the more authentic view within brackets or braces, while in
others I have left al-Quduri's text unchanged. Al-Quduri often
mentions differing views on an issue, and in these cases, it should
be borne in mind that the mere fact that a scholar has given a
particular verdict does not mean it may be legitimately followed.
Sometimes, even a reputed scholar may have made a mistake, or
not been in possession of all the evidence. Hence, wherever al-

Quduri presents more than one view on a matter, further
investigation is needed to determine which is the authentic or more
authentic view -- which is to be followed. Another point to be borne
in mind is that al-Quduri generally does not distinguish between
unrestricted permissibility and validity (but with an accompanying
sin), and similarly between impermissibility and that prohibition
which invalidates the deed in question, and between desirability and
obligation.
In view of the preceding points, the translation presented on this
web-site is not meant to be a final authority; but is intended merely
as a quick-reference resource. As for studying from and verifying
its content, this is best done through studying the text with a
qualified and dependable scholar, and/or referring to one of the
reputable commentaries such as Àbd al-Ghaniyy al-Ghunaymi's Al-
Lubab fi Sharh al-Kitab, as well as to other dependable books of the
madhhab. Such studying is also essential to ensure one does not
misunderstand any of the text.
Finally, it should be noted that I have often re-arranged Quduri's
text -- sometimes liberally -- in order to fit into the particular
logical / intuitive framework that I feel comfortable with. I have
also added many sub-headings which the author himself did not
have, my aim again being to present the information in an easily-
digestible form.
[NOTE : Some of the above information (especially the biographical
notes) has been taken from the preface to the edition of Mukhtasar
al-Quduri edited by Shaykh Kamil Muhammad Muhammad
Ùwaydah, Dar al-Kutub al-Ìlmiyyah, Beirut, 1997/1417.]

PURIFICATION (TAHARAH)
(According to the Qur'an and Sunnah, as extracted and inferred by
scholars of the Hanafi school.)
From "Mukhtasar al-Quduri", a matn of Hanafi fiqh
1.0 WUDU
1.1 The Rudiments of Wudu'
Allah, the Exalted, says, (translated),
"O you who believe! When you stand for prayer, then wash your
faces, and your hands upto the elbows, and wipe your heads, and
[wash] your feet upto the ankles."
So, the obligatory elements of purification [i.e. wudu'] are:
1.2 The Sunnah Actions of Wudu'
The sunnah actions of wudu' are:
1. Washing the two hands before inserting them into the
container [of water], [especially] after the mutawaddi'
Wudu'
Ghusl
Water
Tayammum
Wiping on Khuffs
Women's Blood
Filth
Washing the three parts [the face, the two arms, and the two
feet]. The elbows and the ankles are included in washing.
Wiping the head - the obligatory [part] in wiping the head is
the extent of the forelock [one-fourth], based on that which
Mughirah ibn Shu`bah narrated, that the Prophet (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace) made wudu' and wiped his
forelock and his khuffs.

awakens from his sleep.
2. Taking the name of Allah, the Exalted at the start of the wudu'.
3. Siwak
4. Rinsing the mouth
5. Inhaling water
6. Wiping the ears
7. Combing the beard and
8. [Combing] the fingers
9. Repeating the washing upto thrice.
10. To intend purification
11. Covering the entire head with wiping
12. Performing the wudu' in order, such that he starts with that
with whose mention Allah, the Exalted has begun with.
It is recommended for the mutawaddi' to [start] with the right
parts.
1.3 The Invalidators of Wudu'
The incidents which invalidate wudu' are:
1. Anything which exits from the two paths.
2. Blood, pus or serum when they exit from the body and
encroach on a place which it is incumbent to purify.
3. Vomit, if it was a mouthful.
4. Sleep lying down, or leaning [on one's side] or reclining such
that if it were removed he would fall.
5. Loss of consciousness through fainting or insanity.
6. Laughter in any prayer containing ruku` and sujud.
2.0 GHUSL
2.1 The Rudiments of Ghusl
The obligatory parts of ghusl are:
1. Rinsing the mouth.
2. Inhaling water.
3. Washing the rest of the body.
2.2 The Sunnah Actions of Ghusl
The sunnah actions of ghusl are that the one performing ghusl:

1. Begin with washing his hands and genitals.
2. Remove filth if it is on his body, then
3. Perform wudu', like the wudu' for salah, except for his feet,
then
4. Pour water over the rest of his body thrice, then
5. Step aside from that place and then wash his feet.
Women are not obligated to undo her braids in ghusl if the water
reaches the roots of the hair.
2.3 The Necessitators of Ghusl
The incidents which obligate ghusl are:
1. Emission of semen , accompanied by spurting and excitement,
from a man or a woman.
2. Contact of the two circumcized parts [even] without
ejaculation.
3. Menstruation
4. Post-natal bleeding
There is no ghusl [required] for [emission of] prostatic fluid and
wady , but wudu' [is needed] for [emission of] them.
2.4 Sunnah Ghusl
The Messenger of Allah D made ghusl sunnah for:
1. Jumu`ah
2. The Two `Ids
3. Ihram
3.0 WATER
3.1 Suitable and Unsuitable Water
Purity from hadath is permissible with water from:
1. the sky
2. [lakes and] valleys
3. springs
4. wells
5. oceans

It is not permissible with:
1. [Liquid] squeezed out of trees or fruits.
2. Water which is preponderated by something else and [which
has] removed it from the nature of water, such as drinks, rose-
water, pea-water, gravy or infusion of safflower.
3. Used water may not be used for the cleansing of hadath. Used
[water] is : any water that with which hadath has been
removed,or which has been used on the body by way of
worship.
3.2 Addition or mixture of substances with water
1. Purification is permissible with water which has been admixed
with something clean such that it changed one of its
properties, such as flood water, or water with which saltwort,
soap or saffron has been mixed [as long as the water’s fluidity
and viscosity remains unchanged].
2. Wudu’ is not permissible with any [small quantity of still water]
in which filth has fallen, whether [the filth] is a little or lot,
because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
ordered for water to be safeguarded from filth, for he said,
"None of you shall urinate in standing water, nor shall you
make ghusl in it from janabah." And he (peace and blessings
be upon him) said, "When one of you awakens from his sleep,
he shall not immerse his hand in the vessel until he has
washed it thrice, for he does not know where his hand was
when he slept."
3. As for flowing water, if filth falls in it, wudu’ is permissible with
it, provided no trace of [the filth] is seen, because [the filth]
does not remain stationary with the flowing of the water. [For]
a large pond, of which one end does not move [immediately]
with the movement of the other side, if filth falls in one end of
it, wudu’ is permissible from the other end, because the
apparent [impression] is that the filth does not reach it.
4. The death in water of anything without flowing blood, such as
bugs, flies, hornets or scorpions, does not render it filthy. The
death [in it] of that which lives in water, such as fish, [aquatic]
frogs and [aquatic] crabs, does not spoil it.
3.3 Wells
Cleansing of wells
1. If filth [other than an animal] falls into a well, it should be
drained. Draning whatever water it contains is a cleansing for
it.
2. If there dies in it a rat, or sparrow, or robin, or swallow, or

venomous creature, or gecko, [then] between twenty and
thirty buckets should be drained from it, depending on the
largeness or smallness of the animal.
3. If there dies in it a pigeon, or chicken, or cat, [then] between
forty and sixty buckets should be drained from it.
4. If there dies in it a dog, or sheep, or human, all of the water
that [the well] contains should be drained.
5. If the animal becomes distended or disintegrated in [the well],
all the water [the well] contains should be drained, whether
the animal was small or big.
6. The number of buckets is reckoned according to a medium
bucket which was used in the wells in villages. So, if a large
bucket was used to drain water from it, such as could contain
twenty of the medium buckets, that is taken into account.
7. If the well has springing water, such that it cannot be drained,
but it becomes obligatory to drain it, they should take out the
amount of water which was [initially] in it. It has been
narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan (may Allah’s mercy be
upon him) that he said : Two hundred to three hundred
buckets should be drained from it.
Finding a dead creature in the well
1. If a rat or something else [like it] is found in the well, and they
do not know when it fell in, and it has neither distended nor
disintegrated, they should repeat the prayers of a day and a
night if they had made wudu’ from it, and [they should] wash
everything which its water touched.
2. If it had distended or disintegrated, they should repeat the
prayers of three days and nights according to verdict of Abu
Hanifah (may Allah have mercy upon him). Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad (may Allah have mercy upon them) said : there is
no repetition [due] upon them unless they ascertain when it
fell in.
3.4 Leftovers
1. The leftover of humans, and [of] those [animals] whose meat
may be eaten, is clean.
2. The leftover of dogs, pigs and carnivorous beasts is filthy.
3. The leftover of cats, free-roaming chickens, carnivorous birds,
and domestic animals such as snakes and rats, is disliked.
4. The leftovers of the donkey and mule are doubtful. So, if one
does not find anything else, one performs wudu’ with them and
tayammum. Whichever [of wudu’ and tayammum] he starts
with, it is valid.

4.0 TAYAMMUM
4.1 Excuses Permitting Tayammum
1. One who cannot find water while travelling, or
2. [One who is] outside settled land with approximately one mile or
more between him and the water, or
3. [One who] can find water, but is sick, and is afraid that if he uses
the water, his sickness will be intensified, or
4. If one in janabah fears that if he makes ghusl with the water, the
cold will kill him or make him ill [in all these cases] one may
perform tayammum with the surface of the earth.
5. Tayammum is permissible for a healthy person in a settled area if a
funeral is present, and the executor/guardian is other than himself,
such that he fears that if he occupies himself with purification then
the salah will elude him. So, he performs tayammum and prays.
6. Similarly, one who is present at Ìd, and fears that if he occupies
himself with purification, the salah of [one of] the Two Ìds will
elude him, he performs tayammum and prays.
7. It is recommended for one who does not find water, but is hopeful
of finding it at the end of the time, to delay the prayer to the last
[part] of the time. Then, if he finds water, he performs wudu’ with
it and prays, otherwise he performs tayammum [and prays].
8. It is not [obligatory] upon the traveller, if he is not inclined to
believe that there is water close to him, to seek water. But, if he is
inclined to believe that there is water, it is not permissible for him
to perform tayammum until he has searched for it. If his
companion has water, he demands it from him before he performs
tayammum. If he denies it to him, he performs tayammum and
prays.
4.2 Its manner
Tayammum is two strikes : one wipes one’s face with one of them, and
one’s arms to the elbows with the other. Tayammum from hadath and
If one who attends Jumuàh is fears that if he occupies himself
with purification, the salah of Jumuàh will elude him, he does
not perform tayammum. Rather, he makes wudu’, and then if
he catches Jumuàh, he prays it, otherwise he prays Zuhr as
four [rakàh].
Similarly, if the time is tight, and one fears that if he makes
wudu’, the time will elapse, he does not perform tayammum.
Rather, he performs wudu’ and prays a missed prayer.

janabah are the same [in their manner].
Intention is obligatory in tayammum, but recommended in wudu’.
4.3 Its materials
According to Abu Hanifah and Muhammad, tayammum is permissible
with anything which is of the category of earth, such as soil, sand, stone,
gypsum, lime, antimony and arsenic. Abu Yusuf (may Allah have mercy
upon him) said : it is not permissible except with soil and sand
specifically.
Tayammum is not valid except with a clean earth-surface.
4.4 Its Invalidators
1. Tayammum is invalidated by everything which invalidates wudu
2. It is invalidated also by seeing water, if on is capable of using it.
3. One may pray with his tayammum whatever he wishes of obligatory
and optional [prayers].
5.0 WIPING ON THE KHUFFS
5.1 Its Permissibility
1. Wiping on the khuffs is permissible, based on the sunnah, from
every hadath necessitating wudu’, provided one wore the khuffs in
a state of complete purity and then underwent hadath [after that].
Wiping on the khuffs is not permissible for one on whom ghusl is
obligatory.
2. If one is resident, one may wipe a day and a night. If one is a
traveller, one may wipe three days and nights. The start [of the
time limits] is after the [first] hadath.
One who began wiping while resident, and then travelled before the
end of a day and a night, may wipe three days and nights. One
who began wiping while travelling, and then took up residence, then
if he had wiped a day and a night or more, he is required to remove
his khuffs and wash his feet. If he had wiped for less than a day
and a night, he may complete his wiping [until] one day and night
If a traveller forgot water in his bags, and so made tayammum
and prayed, and then remembered the water during the time,
he does not repeat the salah according to Abu Hanifah and
Muhammad (may Allah have mercy upon them) Abu Yusuf
said : he repeats it.

[have passed completely].
3. It is not permissible to wipe on a khuff containing a big tear
from which is visible the extent of three toes, but if [the tear]
is less than that it is permissible.
4. Wiping is not permissible on socks, according to Abu Hanifah,
unless they are [either] covered with leather, or soled. Abu
Yusuf and Muhammad said : It is permissible to wipe on socks
if they are thick, not transmitting the water.
5. One who wears jurmuq over his khuffs may wipe over them.
6. Wiping on turbans, caps, scarves or gloves is not permissible.
7. It is permissible to wipe on a splint, even if it was fastened
without [prior] wudu’. Then, if it fell off without healing, the
wiping is not invalidated. But, if it fell off after healing, the
wiping is invalid.
5.2 Its manner
Wiping on the khuffs is on their outside, in lines with the fingers,
starting from the tips of the toes [and continuing] to the shin. The
obligatory part of that is the extent of three fingers of the smallest
on the hand.
5.3 Its Invalidators
The wiping is invalidated by:
1. That which invalidates wudu’, as well as
2. Removing the khuff, and
3. Expiry of the time limit. If [only] the time limit expires, one
removes one’s khuffs and washes one’s feet and pray, and one
is not obligated to repeat the remainder of the wudu’.
6.0 MENSTRUAL BLEEDING
6.1 Definitions
The minimum menstrual bleeding is three days and nights, ans [so]
anything which falls short of that is not menstrual blood (hayd) but
chronic bleeding (istihadah).
The maximum menstrual bleeding is ten days and nights, and [so]
anythign which exceeds that is istihadah.
That red, yellow and murky [discharge] which a woman sees in the
days of menstrual bleeding is menstrual discharge, [and her period

persists] until she sees pure white [liquid].
6.2 What is prohibited with hayd and nifas
1. Hayd waives salah from a woman, and prohibits fasting for her.
She makes up the fasting [later], but does not make up the
salah.
2. She may not enter a mosque,
3. Nor circumambulate the House [i.e. the Ka`bah]
4. Nor may her husband approach her [for intercourse]
A menstruating woman and one in janabah :
1. May not: recite the Qur'an
2. [They, as well as] one with hadath may not touch a mushaf [i.e
Qur'an], unless they hold it with its case.
6.3 Completion of purity
1. If the menstrual bleeding ceases in less than ten days, it is not
permissible [for her husband] to have intercourse with her until
2. If her bleeding ceases after ten days, it is permissible [but not
recommended] to have intercourse with her before [she performs]
ghusl.
3. If purity interrupts two bleedings within the period of menstruation,
it is [treated] as [continuously] flowing blood.
4. The minimum period of purity is fifteen days, and there is no limit
for its maximum.
6.4 Chronic Bleeding (Istihadah)
1. The blood of istihadah is that which a woman sees for less than
three days or more than ten days [in menstruation, or more than
forty days after child-birth].
2. Its verdict is [the same as] the verdict of a perpetual nosebleed; it
does not prevent fasting, nor salah, nor intercourse.
3. If bleeding exceeds ten days, and a woman has a known cycle, it is
referred back to the days of her cycle, and whatever exceeds that is
considered istihadah. If she entered maturity in the state of
istihadah then her menstrual bleeding is [considered to be] ten days
of every month, and the remainder is istihadah.
The woman with istihadah, and [similarly] someone with a constant drip
of urine, or a perpetual nose-bleed, or a wound which does not stop
[bleeding], performs wudu' for the time of each salah, and then they
[may] perform with that wudu' whatever they wish of fard and nafl.
she performs ghusl
or the complete time of a salah passes her by.

Then, when the time exits, their wudu' is invalidated, and they must
repeat the wudu' for another salah.
6.5 Post-Natal Bleeding (Nifas)
1. Nifas is the blood which exits following child-birth. The blood
which a pregnant woman sees, and that which a woman sees
during child-birth but before the emergence of the child is
istihadah.
2. There is no limit for the minimum [duration] of nifas, but is
maximum is forty days. Whatever exceeds that is istihadah.
If bleeding exceeds the forty [days], and this woman had given
birth before and has a regular [cycle] in post-natal bleeding, it
is referred to the days of her regular [cycle]. But, if she does
not have a regular [cycle] then her initial nifas is forty days.
3. Whoever gives borth to two children in one pregnancy, her
nifas is that blood which exits after the first child....
7.0 FILTH
Purification of filth from the body and clothing of the musalli is
obligatory, as from the place in which he performs salah.
7.1 Means of cleansing
1. Cleansing of filth is permissible with water, and with any pure
liquid with which it can be removed, such as vinegar and rose-
water.
2. If filth has touch become affixed to a khuff, and it has body,
and then it dried, then rubbing it with the ground is
permissible.
3. Semen is unclean, and it is obligatory to wash it, but if it has
dried on a garment it suffices to scrape it off.
4. If filth becomes affixed to a mirror, or a sword, it is sufficient
to wipe it.
5. If the ground is contaminated by filth, and then it dries in the
sun and its trace disappears, salah is permissible in that place,
but tayammum is not permissible from it.
6. Any hide which has been tanned has become clean - salah is
valid on it, and wudu from it - except the skins of pigs and
humans. The hair of a dead animal, its bones, hooves, sinews
and horns are clean.
7.2 Regulations of Cleansing

1. Whoever is contaminated by severe filth, such as blood, urine,
stool, or wine, to the extent of a dirham or less, salah is permissible
with it, but if it is more [than a dirham] it is not permissible.
2. If he is contaminated with light filth, such as the urine of those
[animals] whose flesh may be eaten, salah is permissible with it as
long as it does not reach one fourth of the garment.
3. Cleansing of the filth which it is obligatory to wash is of two
categories:
7.3 Istinja’
1. Istinja' is sunnah.
2. Stones, and that which take their place, suffice; one wipes [the
area] until it is clean.
3. There is no [emphasized] sunnah number [for the stones].
4. Washing it with water is better.
5. If the filth exceeds its orifice, nothing but water may be used [to
remove it].
6. One should not perform istinja' with a bone, nor with dung, nor with
food, nor with the right hand.
That which has a visible essence, its cleansing is the removal
of its substance, unless there persists some trace of it which is
cumersome to remove.
That which does not have a visible essence, its cleansing is
that it be washed until the one washing is satisfied that it has

RITUAL PRAYER (SALAH)
Times for Salah
Times of Salah
Preferred Times
Disliked and Prohibited Times
Adhan
Its form
Its sunnahs
The Constituents and Manner of Performing the Salah
Its Pre-Requisistes
Its Rudiments
Its Obligations
Description of the Salah
Disliked Actions in Salah
Disruptors and Nullifiers of the Salah
Prostrations of Inattentiveness
Prostration of Recitation
Group Prayer
Status
Regulations for the Follower
Imamate
Impermissible Imamate
Arrangement of Rows
Prayer in and around the Ka`bah
Other Non-Occasional Prayers
Witr
Missed Prayers
Voluntary Prayers
Prayer under Special Circumstances
Prayer of the Sick Person
Prayer of the Traveller
Fear Prayer
Special-Occasional Prayers

1.0 TIMES FOR SALAH
1.1 Times of Salah
1. The beginning of the time for the dawn (fajr) [prayer] is when
the second dawn rises, and that is the lateral whiteness on the
horizon. The end of its time is as long as the sun has not
risen.
2. The beginning of the time for zuhr is when the sun declines.
The end of its time according to Abu Hanifah is when the
shadow of everything becomes twice its [length] in addition to
the shadow at midday. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : when
the shadow if everything becomes its [length] [instead of
twice].
3. The beginning of the time for àsr is when the time for zuhr
departs, according to both views. The end of its time is as
long as the sun has not set.
4. The beginning of the time for maghrib is when the sun has
set. The end of its time is as long as the twilight has not
disappeared. [The twilight] is, according to Abu Hanifah, the
whiteness on the horizon after the redness. Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad said : it is the redness.
5. The beginning of the time for ìsha’ is when the twilight has
disappeared. The end of its time is as long as the dawn has
not yet risen.
The beginning of the time for witr is after ìsha’. The end of
its time is as long as the dawn has not risen.
1.2 Preferred times
It is recommended :
1. To brighten fajr.
2. To cool zuhr in the summer, and to delay it in the winter.
Jumuàh
The Two Ìds
Eclipse Prayer
Prayer for Rain
The Vigil of Ramadan
Funerals
Preparation of the Body
Shrouding
The Funeral Prayer
Burial
The Martyr

3. To delay àsr as long as the sun has not changed [color].
4. To hasten maghrib.
5. To delay ìsha’ to [just] before one third of the night [has
passed].
For one who is accustomed to pray during the night, it is
recommended to delay witr to the end of the night. If one is not
certain of waking up [at that time] one should perform witr before
sleeping.
1.3 Disliked and Prohibited Times
1. Salah is not permissible at the rising of the sun, nor at its
stationary point at midday, nor at its setting.
2. If the sun is setting, one does not perform a funeral prayer,
nor make the sajdah of recitation, [nor perform any other
prayer] except the àsr of that day.
3. It is disliked to perform voluntary prayers after fajr salah until
the sun rises, and after àsr salah until the sun sets. There is
no harm in praying missed prayers during these two times,
[and similarly] performing prostrations of recitation, and
praying over a funeral. One does not perform the two rakàh
of circumambulation (tawaf).
4. It is disliked to perform any optional prayers after dawn [and
before fajr] other than the two [sunnah] rakàh of fajr.
5. One should not perform optional prayer before maghrib.
2.0 ADHAN
2.1 Its form
1. Adhan is sunnah for the five prayers and jumuàh, not any
others.
2. The method of adhan is that one say, Allahu Akbar Allahu
Akbar . . . . and there is no tarji` in it.
3. In the adhan of fajr, one adds, after Falah, As-salatu khayrum-
min an-nawm [twice].
4. Iqamah is like adhan, except that one adds after Falah, Qad
qamatis-salah twice.
2.2 Its sunnahs
1. One is leisurely in adhan, and hastens iqamah.
2. One faces the qiblah.
3. When one reaches Salah and Falah one turns one’s face right
and left.

4. One makes adhan and iqamah for missed prayers. If one missed
more than one prayer, one makes adhan and iqamah for the first,
and for the remainder has the choice:
5. It is appropriate that one make adhan in [a state of] purity, but if
one makes adhan without purity, it is valid. It is disliked to make
iqamah without wudu’, or to make adhan while in janabah.
6. One does not make adhan for a prayer before its time has entered.
3.0 THE CONSTITUENTS AND MANNER OF PERFORMING THE
SALAH
3.1 The Pre-Requisites of Salah
It is obligatory upon the one who [wishes to] perform salah to precede
[it] with:
1. Purity from hadath One who cannot find [anything] with which to
remove filth prays with it and does not repeat the salah.
2. [Purity from] filth, in accordance with what we have mentioned
previously. Also:
3. To cover his/her nakedness The nakedness of a man is that which is
beneath the navel upto the knee, and the knee is [part] of the
nakedness. The body of a free woman is all nakedness, except for
her face and her hands [and her feet]. One who cannot obtain a
garment prays naked, seated, gesturing for ruku` and sujud, but if
he prays standing it suffices him, although the former is better.
4. To intend the salah into which one is entering, with an intention not
separated from the Forbidding [Takbir] with any action.
5. To face the qiblah, unless one is in fear, for then one prays in
whatever direction one can. If the qiblah is obscure to him, and
there is no-one in his presence whom he could ask, he exercises his
judgement and prays. Then, if he finds out that he was mistaken,
by being informed after he had prayed, there is no repetition [due]
upon him. If he finds that out while he is [engaged] in the salah,
he turns to the qiblah and continues.
6. [Conviction that the time has entered].
3.2 The Rudiments of Salah
The essentials of salah are six:
1. The Forbidding [Takbir].
if one wishes, one makes adhan and iqamah,
or, if one wishes, one suffices with the iqamah.
If one says, in place of the takbir, Allahu ajall, or [Allahu]
a`zam, or Ar-Rahman akbar, it suffices him according to Abu
Hanifah and Muhammad. Abu Yusuf said : It does not suffice

2. Standing.
3. Recitation.
4. Ruku`.
5. Sujud
6. The Final Sitting, for the measure of the tashahhud.
3.3 The Obligations (Wajib) of Salah
1. Recitation of al-Fatihah in every rakàh
2. Adding a surah (or three verses) in the first two rakàhs of
fard, and in every rakàh of witr and nafl.
3. Standing up after ruku`.
4. Linking the nose with the forehead for sujud.
5. Tranquility in each position (ruku`, standing after it, sujud,
sitting between the two sajdah).
6. The middle sitting.
7. Recitation of the tashahhud in the every sitting.
8. Standing up for the third [rakàh] without [any] delay after
the tashahhud.
9. The words of salam.
10. Vocalizing the vocal rakàhs [for the imam], and subduing the
subdued ones [for all].
him except with the wording of takbir.
The minimum recitation which suffices in salah, according to
Abu Hanifah, is that which is covered by the word "Qur’an."
Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : No less than three short
verses or one long verse is sufficient.
Recitation is obligatory in the first two rakàh [of fard], but
one has the choice in the last two : if one wishes, he can
recite, if he wishes he can make tasbih, and if he wishes he
can remain silent. Recitation is oblgatory in every rakàh of
nafl, and in all [rakàhs] of witr.
If he restricted himself to one of the [nose and forehead] it is
permissible according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad said : it is not permissible to restrict oneself to the
nose without a [valid] excuse.
If he prostrated on the winding of his turban or the end of a
garment it is permissible [but disliked].
The tashahhud is that one say, At-tahiyyatu lillahi was-
salawatu wat-tayyibatu. as-salamu àlayka ayyuhan-nabiyyu
wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh. as-salamu àlayna wa-àl
ìbadillahis-salihin. ash-hadu an la ilaha illallahu wa-ash-hadu
anna muhammadan àbduhu wa-rasuluh.
If one is imam, he vocalizes the recitation in fajr, and the first
two rakàh of maghrib and ìsha’, and subdues that which is
after the first two.

11. The qunut of witr.
12. The takbirs of the Two Ìds.
13. Sequence [in case of inattentiveness].
Everything beyond this is sunnah.
3.4 The Description of Salah
When a man enters salah, he pronounces takbir, and
1. Raises his hands with the takbir until his thumbs are alongside his
earlobes.
2. He rests his right hand on his left, and brings them together under
his navel.
3. Then, he says Subhanakallahumma wa-bi-hamndika wa-
tabarakasmuka wa-taàla jadduka wa-la ilaha ghayruk.
4. Then, he seeks refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast, and
5. [then he] recites Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim,
6. subduing both of them.
Then, he recites the Opening [Chapter] of the Book, and a surah
or three verses of any surah he wishes - along with it.
7. When the imam says wa-lad-dallin, he says Amin, and the followers
also say it, [all of them] subduing it.
8. Then, he pronounces takbir, and bows.
9. [In ruku`] he rests his hands on his knees, spreads his fingers,
extends his back and neither raises his head nor droops it.
10. He says in ruku`, Subhana rabbiyal-àzim thrice, and that is its
minimum [of perfection]. [Note : saying àzim instead of àzim
here breaks the prayer. Learn how to pronounce it correctly from
someone who knows it.]
11. Then, he raises his head from ruku` saying SamiÀllahu li-man
Hamidah.
12. The followers [and imam] say Rabbana lakal-Hamd.
Then, when he has straightened up [to the] standing [position], he
pronounces takbir, and performs sajdah, resting his hands on the
ground,
13. putting his face between his palms, and prostrating on his nose and
forehead. He reveals his upper arms, separates his belly from his
thighs, and turns his toes towards the qiblah.
14. He says in his sujud Subhana rabbiyal-a`la thrice, and that is its
minimum [of perfection].
Then, he raises his head, pronouncing takbir, and then when he is
calm in sitting, he pronounces takbir and performs sajdah. Then,
If one is solitary, he has the choice : if he wishes, he may
recite aloud [where the imam would], making [his voice]
audible to himself, or if he wills, he may subdue [his voice in
all the recitation].
The imam subdues [the recitation] in [every rakàh of ] zuhr
and àsr.

when he is calm in sujud, he pronounces takbir.
15. [He] straightens up [to the] standing [position] on the fronts of his
feet. He does not sit, nor lean on the ground with his hands.
He does in the second rakàh similar to what he did in the first
rakàh, except that he does not recite the Opening Invocation, nor
the Seeking of Refuge.
He does not raise his hands except at the first takbir.
16. When he raises his head from the second sajdah in the second
rakàh, he spreads out his left leg and sits on it, and lays down the
right [leg] and directs its toes toward the qiblah. He places his
hands on his thighs and stretches out his fingers and pronounces
the tashahhud.
He does not add to this in the first sitting.
17. He recites the Opening [Chapter] of the Book, in particular, in the
last two rakàh [of fard].
When he sits at the end of the salah, he sits as he sat in the first
and, recites the tashahhud.
18. He invokes blessings on the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant
him peace).
19. He recites whatever invocations he wills, such as resemble the
words of the Qur’an and the transmitted invocations. He should not
recite invocations which resemble the speech of mankind [amongst
themselves].
20. Then, he makes salam to his right, saying, As-salamu àlaykum
wa-rahmatullah, and to his left similarly.
3.5 Those Actions Disliked in Salah
1. It is disliked for the one praying to fidget with his clothes or with his
body.
2. He should not put his hands on his hips.
3. He should not hang his garment over himself [without wearing it
properly].
4. He should not plait his hair.
5. He should gather his clothes.
6. He should not glance about.
7. He should not sit like a dog.
8. He should not return the greeting of salam with his tongue [for that
invalidates the prayer], and not [even] with his hand.
9. He should not sit cross-legged except if he has an excuse.
He should not turn about pebbles, unless [they are such that]
it is not possible for him to perform sujud, then [in which case]
he smooths them once.
He should not crack his knuckles.

3.6 Disruptors and Nullifiers of the Salah
1. He should not eat or drink [nor commit any other significant,
extraneous actions.]
2. If hadath overtakes him, he turns away, and if he was imam, he
appoints a replacement. He [then] makes wudu’ and resumes his
salah, but [for him] to re-start it superior.
3. If he slept and had an erotic dream, or became insane, or lost
consciousness, or laughed out loud, he re-starts the wudu’ and
salah.
4. If he spoke in his salah, intentionally or by mistake, his salah is
nullified.
5. Exposure of the nakedness, or presence of filth greater than the
excusable amount, for the duration of three tasbih, nullifies the
salah.
6. If one who had performed tayammum saw water [while] in his
salah, his salah is nullfied, and [similarly] if he saw it after he had
sat the duration of the tashahhud [according to Abu Hanifah].
Similarly:
7. If he had wiped on his khuffs and the time-limit for his wiping
expired, or
8. If he took off his khuffs with a gentle motion, or
9. If he had been illiterate and then learned a surah [while in prayer],
or
10. If he had been naked, and then found a garment [while in prayer],
or
11. If he had been gesturing, and then became capable or [performing]
ruku` and sujud. or
12. He remembered that there is a salah [due] upon him before this
salah, or
13. If a literate imam experienced hadath and substituted an illiterate
[man], or
14. If the sun rose in salat al-fajr, or the time of `asr entered in [salat
al-]jumu`ah, or
15. If he had wiped on a splint, and it fell off due to healing, or
16. If he had been an excused person, and then his excuse ceased.
[If any of these (7-16) occurred after the tashahhud] his salah is
invalidated according to the view of Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad said : his salah has been performed.
The Things Which Necessitate or Permit Breaking the Prayer. It is
If hadath overtakes him after the tashahhud, he makes wudu
and makes salam.
If in this condition [i.e. after the tashahhud], he wilfully effects
hadath or speaks, or performed an action which is inconsistent
with salah, his salah has been performed.

obligatory to break the salah
1. to save life
2. to prevent injury to others.
It is permissible to break it : upon the threat of theft or harm of his
own or someone else’s property.
3.7 Prostration of Inattentiveness
1. The prostration of inattentiveness is wajib, for excess or
deficiency, [and it is preferably] after salam. Then, he
performs two sajdah, then he [sits,] performs tashahhud and
[then] performs salam.
2. [The Prostration of] Inattentiveness is due if one added to the
salah an action which is of its manner but not part of it, or by
abandoning a [wajib] action [whose obligation is established by
the] sunnah, such as in abandoning the recitation of the
Opening of the Book, or the qunut, or the tashahhud, or the
takbirs of the Two Ìds, or the imam’s raising his voice in that
which should be subdued, or subduing it in that which should
be audible.
3. The inattentiveness of the imam makes the sujud obligatory on
the follower, but if the imam does not make the sajud, the
follower does not make the sujud [either]. If the follower
commits [an act of] inattentiveness, the sujud [of
inattentiveness] is not due on the imam nor on the follower.
4. Someone who inattentively omitted the first sitting, and then
remembered while he was [still] closer to the sitting position,
should sit down and recite the tashahhud. But, if he was
closer to the standing position, he should not go back, but
should prostrate for inattentiveness [at the end].
5. Someone who inattentively missed the last sitting and thus
stood up for a fifth [rakàh] should return to the sitting as long
as he has not performed sajdah [for the fifth]. He cancels the
fifth [rakàh] and performs the prostrations of inattentiveness.
If he bound the fifth [rakàh] with a prostration, his fard is
invalidated, and his salah turns into nafl, and he must add a
sixth rakàh to it.
6. If he sat in the fourth [rakàh] for the measure of the
tashahhud, and then stood up without performing salam,
thinking it to the the first sitting, he goes back to sitting as
long as he has not prostrated for the fifth [rakàh], and [then]
he performs salam.
If he bound the fifth with a sajdah, he adds another rakàh to
it, and his salah has been performed. The two [extra] rakàh
are nafl for him. He should perform the Prostrations of
Inattentiveness.
7. Someone who is assailed by doubt in his salah, such that he

does not know whether he prayed three or four [rak`ah], then:
3.8 Prostration of Recitation
1. The Prostrations of Recitation in the Qur’an are fourteen:
at the end of al-A`raf [7:206], in al-Ra`d [13:15], al-Nahl [16:50],
Bani Isra’il [17:109], Maryam [19:58], the first [prostration] in al
Hajj [22:18], al-Furqan [25:60] , al-Naml [27:26], Alif-Lam-Mim
Tanzeel [32:15], Saad [38:24], Ha-Mim-Sajdah [41:38], al-Najm
[53:62], Idhas-Sama-unshaqqat [84:21] and Iqra-bismi-Rabbik
[96:19].
2. Prostration is wajib in all these places, upon the reciter and the
hearer - whether he intended to listen to the Qur’an or not.
3. Whoever desires to prostrate [for recitation] should pronounce
takbir without raising his hands, and prostrate, and then pronounce
takbir and raise his head. There is no tashahhud due upon him, nor
salam.
4. [Prostration while in salah]
If this is the first time it has happened to him, he re-starts the
salah.
If doubts assail him often, he builds upon his strong inclination
if he has an inclination. If he does not have an idea, he
builds upon certainty.
If the imam recites a verse of prostration, he prostrates [for]
it, and the follower prostrates with him.
If the follower recites [it], neither the imam nor the follower
prostrates [for it].
If while they were in salah, they heard a verse of prostration
from a man who was not in salah with them, they should not
prostrate it in the salah, but they should prostrate it after the
salah. If they did prostrate it in the salah, it does not suffice
them, but it does not nullify their salah.
5. [Repetition of recitation]
Someone who recited a verse of prostration, but did not
prostrate [for] it by the time he entered salah, and then
recited it [in salah] and prostrated it, the prostration suffices
him for both of the recitations.
If he recited it outside of salah, and then prostrated it, and
then entered the salah, and then recited it [again] he should
prostrate, and the first prostration does not suffice him [in this
case].
Someone who repeats the recitation of a single sajdah [several
times] in one sitting, a single sajdah suffices him.

4.0 GROUP PRAYER
4.1 Its status
1. Jamaàh is an emphasized sunnah.
2. It is disliked for women to attend jamaàt, but there is no
harm in old women going out for fajr, maghrib and ìsha.
4.2 Regulations for the follower
1. Whoever desires to enter into the salah of another [as his
follower] needs two intentions : the intention of salah and the
intention of following.
2. The follower does not recite behind the imam.
3. Whoever followed an imam, and then came to know that [the
imam] was not in [the state of] wudu’, repeats the prayer.
4.3 Imamate
1. The most worthy of people of imamate is the most
knowledgeable of the sunnah; if they are equal [in that] then
the best reciter of the Qur’an; then if they are equal [in that]
then the most precautious of them; then if they are equal [in
that] then the eldest.
2. It is disliked to send ahead [as imam] : a slave, a
transgressor, a blind man and an illegitimate child, but if they
took the lead, it is valid.
3. It is appropriate that the imam not prolong the salah for [the
followers].
It is permissible :
that one with tayammum lead people with wudu’,
that one who wiped on khuffs [lead] people who washed
[their feet].
A standing person may pray behind one sitting.
4.4 Impermissible Imamate
1. It is not permissible for men to follow a women or a [non-
adult] boy.
2. A clean person should not pray behind one with a constant drip
of urine, nor [should] a clean woman [pray] behind one with
istihadah, nor
3. A reciter behind an unread, nor
4. A clothed person behind a naked.
5. One who performs ruku` and sujud should not pray behind one

who is gesturing.
6. One who is performing fard should not pray behind one who is
performing nafl, nor behind one who is performing another
fard.
7. One performing nafl may pray behind one performing fard.
4.5 Arrangement of Rows
1. Someone who prays with one [follower] makes him stand on
his right. If they are two [or more] then he steps ahead of
them.
2. The men line up, and then [behind them] the boys, and then
the women [at the back].
3. If a woman stands beside a man, the two of them taking part
in one [and the same] salah, his salah is spoiled.
4. It is disliked for women to pray in jamaàh on their own, but if
they do then the imam stands in their midst.
4.6 Prayer in and around the Ka`bah
1. Salah is permissible - [whether it be] obligatory or optional.
2. If the imam prays with a group, and some of them put their
backs to the imam’s back, it is permissible, but whoever puts
his back to the imam’s face, his salah is not valid.
3. When the imam prays in the Sacred Mosque, the people form
circles around the ka`bah, and pray the prayer of the imam.
Whoever among them is closer to the ka`bah than the imam,
his salah is valid if he is not on the side of the imam.
4. The salah is valid for one who prays on the top of the ka`bah.
5.0 OTHER NON-OCCASIONAL PRAYERS
5.1 Witr
1. Witr is three rakàh, which one does not separate with salam.
2. One makes [duà] qunoot in the third [rakàh] before ruku`,
throughout the year.
3. One recites the Opening of the Book, and a Surah along with
it, in every rakàh of witr.
4. When one desires to perform qunoot, he pronounces takbir,
raises his hands, and then recites qunut.
5. One does not recite qunut in any salah other than [it, except
on occasions of calamity].
5.2 Missed Prayers

1. Whoever misses a prayer makes it up when he remembers it,
and necessarily performs it before the prayer of the time,
unless he fears missing the [time of] the current prayer, in
which case he first performs the prayer of the time, and then
makes up [the missed prayer].
2. If he missed many prayers, he makes them up in sequence, as
they were originally due, unless the missed prayers [are equal
to or] exceed six prayers, in which case the sequence is waived
in them.
5.3 Voluntary Prayers
1. The sunnah salah is that one pray :
two rakàh after the rise of dawn,
four [rakàh] before zuhr, and two after it
four before àsr, or if one wishes two,
two rakàh after maghrib,
four [rakàh] before ìsha’, and four after it, or if he
wishes two.
2. In the supererogatory (nafl) of the day : if one wishes, he can
pray two rakàh with a single taslim, or if he wishes four. It is
disliked to exceed that.
3. As for the supererogatory [prayers] of the night : Abu Hanifah
said : if one prays eight rakàh with a single taslim, it is valid,
and it is disliked to exceed that. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad
said : By night one should not exceed two rakàh with a single
taslim.
4. Whoever enters into nafl salah, and then invalidates it, makes
it up. If one prayed four rakàh, and sat after the first two,
and then invalidated the last two, he makes up two rakàh.
5. One may perform nafl sitting [even] with capability to stand.
If one began it standing, and then sat down, it is valid
according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : it
is not permissible except for an excuse.
6. It is permissible for who is outside settled area to perform nafl,
by gesturing, [while riding] on his beast, in whatever direction
it faces.
6.0 PRAYER UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
6.1 Prayer of the Sick Person
1. When it is impossible for a sick person to stand, he prays

sitting, performing ruku` and sujud. if he is unable to perform
ruku` and sujud, he makes gestures with his head, and makes
the sujud lower than the ruku`. He should not raise anything
to his face to perform sujud on it.
2. If he is unable to sit, he lies down on his back, puts his legs
towards the qiblah, and gestures for ruku` and sujud. If he
lay down on his side, with his face toward the qiblah, and
gestured, it is valid.
3. If he is unable to gesture with his head, he delays the salah;
he does not [have to] indicate with his eyes, nor with his
heart, nor with his eyelids.
4. If he is capable of standing, but is not capable of ruku` and
sujud, he is not required to stand [for the gesturing of ruku`].
It is permissible for him to pray [standing only for recitation,
and then] sitting [while] making gestures.
5. If a healthy person prayed part of his salah standing, and then
some illness ensued [rendering him incapable of standing], he
completes it sitting, performing ruku` and sujud, or gesturing
if he is not able to [perform] ruku` and sujud, or lying down if
he is not able to sit.
6. Someone who, on account of illness, prayed sitting, performing
ruku` and sujud, and then became healthy, continues his salah
standing. But, if he prayed part of his salah with gestures, and
then became capable of ruku` and sujud, he re-starts the
salah.
7. Someone who loses consciousness for five prayers or less
makes them up when he recovers, but if he misses more than
that due to unconsciousness, he does not make [them] up.
6.2 Prayer of the Traveller
Qualification for the concession
1. The journey whereby regulations become altered is that a man
intend [to reach] a place [which is such that] there is between
him and it [a distance of] three days’ or nights’ journey,
according to the progress of a camel or [that] by foot. That is
not considered [in the same way] for travel by sea.
2. The disobedient and the obedient on a journey are equal in the
dispensation.
Number of Rakàt
1. The fard of the traveller, according to us, is two rakàh in
every four-rakàh prayer, it not being permissible for him to
add [two more] to them. But, if he prayed four [rakàh], and
had sat in the second for the measure of the tashahhud, [the
first] two rakàh suffice him for his fard, and the last two are
nafl for him. However, if he did not sit for the measure of the

tashahhud in the first two rakàh, his salah is invalidated.
2. One who sets out as a traveller prays two rakàh [instead of
four] when he leaves behind the houses of the settled area.
3. When a traveller enters into [group] prayer of a resident, while
the time [of the salah] remains, he prays the salah in full. But,
if he enters with [the resident] in a missed prayer, his salah is
not valid behind him.
4. When a traveller leads residents in two rakàh, he performs
taslim, and then the residents complete their salah. It is
recommended for him, when he performs taslim, to say,
‘Complete your salah, for we are journeying people.’
5. Whoever misses a prayer on a journey, makes it up as two
rakàh [even if he makes it up] in residence. Whoever missed
a prayer in residence makes it up as four rakàh [even if he
makes it up] on a journey.
Breaking the Journey
1. He continues to apply the regulations of travel until he intends
to remain in a city fifteen days or more, at which point he is
required to pray in full. If he intends to remain less than that,
he does not pray in full.
2. Someone who enters a city, and does not intend to remain
there fifteen days, but rather says [each day], ‘Tomorrow I will
depart, or the day after I will depart,’ until he remains in this
way for years [remains a traveller, and thus] prays two
rakàh.
3. When an army enters the land of war, and then intend to
remain there fifteen days, they do not pray the salah in full.
4. When the traveller enters his home-town, he prays the salah in
full, even if he did not intend to remain there.
5. Whoever has a home-land, and then moves from it and takes
up residence in another land, and then travels and enters his
first home-land, does not pray the salah in full.
6. If the traveller intends to remain in Makkah and Mina fifteen
days, he does not pray the salah in full.
6.3 Fear Prayer
1. When fear is severe, the imam divides the people into two
groups : one group [who remain] facig the enemy, and one
group [who stand] behind him. Then, he prays with this
[latter] group one rakàh with two sajdah. Then, when he
raises his head from the second sajdah, this group goes back
to face the enemy, and the [other] group comes [to take their
place]. The imam leads them in one rakàh with two sajdah,
and then performs tashahud and taslim. [The followers] do
not perform taslim, but [rather] go to face the enemy. The

first group [now] comes [back], and pray one rakàh on their own,
with two sajdah, without recitation, and then perform tashahhud
and taslim, and then go back to face the enemy. The other group
[now] comes [back] and pray one rakàh with two sajdah, with
recitation, and [then] perform tashahhud and taslim.
2. If the imam is a resident, he prays two rakàh with the first group
and two rakàh with the second.
3. In maghrib, he prays two rakàh with the first group and one
rakàh with the second.
4. They do not fight while in the state of salah, and if they do that
their salah is invalidated. If the fear is intense, they pray while
riding, individually, gesturing for ruku` and sujud : in whatever
direction they wish if they are not capable of facing the qiblah.
7.0 SPECIAL OCCASIONAL PRAYERS
7.1 Jumuàh Prayer
Conditions for Validity
1. Jumuàh is not valid except in a large town, or in the prayer-ground
of the large town. It is not permissible in villages.
2. It is not permissible to establish it except with the ruler, or one
whom the ruler has ordered [to establish it].
3. Among its conditions is the time. It is valid in the time of zuhr, and
it is not valid after it.
4. Among its conditions is the khutbah before the salah.
If he restricted himself to remembrance of Allah, it is valid
according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : it is
essential to have a long reminder which could be called a khutbah.
5. Among its conditions is a group (jamaàh).
Their minimum according to Abu Hanifah is three apart from the
imam. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : two apart from the imam.
Obligation of Jumuàh
1. Jumuàh is not obligatory on a traveller, nor a woman, nor an
invalid, nor a slave, nor a blind person. But, if they attend and pray
with the people, it suffices them for the fard of the time.
2. The salah of one who prayed zuhr at home on the day of Jumuàh,
before the imam’s salah, without an excuse, is valid, but that is
[prohibited] for him. If it occurs to him to attend jumuàh, such
It is permissible for travellers, slaves, invalids and the like to
lead in jumuàh.
It is disliked for excused people to pray zuhr in jamaàh on
the day of jumuàh, and similarly the people of a prison.

that he set out towards it, the zuhr salah ir invalidated by his
setting forth - according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad
said : it is not invalidated until he enters [into salah] with the
imam.
3. When the mu’adh-dhin calls the first adhan on the day of jumuàh,
people stop buying and selling, and set out for salat al-jumuàh.
Regulations of the Salah
1. The imam recites audibly in the two rakàhs.
2. There is no specific surah to recited in them.
3. Whoever joined the imam on the day of jumuàh prays with him
whatever he caught, and builds jumuàh on that basis. If he joined
him in the tashahhud, or in the Prostrations of Inattentiveness, he
performs jumuàh accordingly - according to Abu Hanifah and Abu
Yusuf. Muhammad said : if he caught with him most of the second
rakàh, he performs jumuàh accordingly, but if he caught less
than that, he completes it as zuhr.
Sunnah Aspects of the Khutbah
1. When the imam comes emerges on the minbar on the Day of
Jumuàh, people stop performing salah, and [stop] talking until he
has finished his khutbah.
2. When the imam ascends the minbar, he sits down, and the mu’
dhin calls [the second] adhan in front of the minbar.
3. The imam delivers two khutbahs, separating them with a sitting.
4. He delivers the khutbah standing, in a state of purity.
5. If he delivered the hutbah sitting, or not in a state of purity, it is
valid, but disliked.
6. When he has finished from the khutbah, the call the iqamah for the
salah, and [then] pray.
7.2 Prayers of the Two Ìds
Ìd al-Fitr
1. It is recommended on the Day of Fast-Breaking (Fitr) for the
person, before leaving for the prayer-ground:
2. One sets out for the prayer-ground. According to Abu Hanifah, one
does not pronounce takbir [audibly] on the way to the prayer-
ground. According to the two : one pronounces takbir [audibly].
Ìd al-Adha
To eat,
To perform ghusl,
To apply perfume.

1. It is recommended on the Day of Sacrifice (Adha) :
2. One sets out for the prayer-ground, pronouncing takbir [audibly]
Salat al-Ìd
1. One does not perform nafl salah in the prayer-ground before salat
al-ìd.
2. When the salah becomes permissible, by the sun ascending [a
spear’s height after sunrise], the time for [salat al-ìd] has entered,
[and it remains] until midday.
3. The imam leads the people in two rakàh.
4. Then, he delivers two khutbah after the salah teaching people about
Sadaqat al-Fitr and its regulations [on Ìd al-Fitr].
[On Ìd al-Adha] he delivers two khutbah after [the salah] teaching
people therein about the Sacrifice and the Takbirs of Tashriq.
5. Whoever misses salat al-ìd with the imam does not make it up.
The Takbirs of Tashriq
1. The first of the takbirs of tashriq is after salat al-fajr on the Day of
Àrafah. According to Abu Hanifah, the last of it is after salat al
àsr on the [first] Day of Sacrifice. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad
said : [it lasts] until salat al-àsr of the last of the Days of Tashriq.
2. The takbir is after the fard prayers, and it is that one say : Allahu
Akbar Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallahu Wallahu akbar, Allahu Akbar
wa-Lillahil-Hamd.
7.3 Eclipse Prayer
to perform ghusl,
to apply perfume,
to delay eating until having finished from the salah.
If the new crescent was obscured from people, such that they
testified before the imam about seeing the crescent after
midday, [the imam] performs ìd [salah] the next day. Then,
if some excuse occurs, preventing the people from salah on
the second day, he does not perform it after that.
If an excuse occurred preventing the people from [performing]
the salah on the Day of Sacrifice, he performs the salah the
next day, or the day after. He does not perform it after that.
In the first [rakàh] he pronounces the opening takbir, and
three [takbirs] after it. Then, he recites the Opening of the
Book and a surah with it. Then, he pronounces a takbir, going
into ruku` with it.
Then, he starts the second rakàh with recitation. When he
has finished from the recitation, he pronounces three takbirs.
He pronounces a fourth takbir, going into ruku` with it.
One raises one’s hands in the takbirs of the two ìds.

1. When the sun is eclipsed, the imam performs with the people
two rakàh, in the manner of nafl, with one ruku` in each
rakàh.
2. He prolongs the recitation in both [rakàh]. He recites
inaudibly according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad said : he recites audibly.
3. Then, he supplicates after that, until the sun appears again.
4. The imam who leads the people in jumuàh leads them [in the
solar-eclipse] prayer. If he did not assemble [the people to
pray], the people pray it individually.
5. There is no khutbah in the solar-eclipse.
6. There is no group [prayer] for the lunar eclipse. Each
individual merely prays on his own.
7.4 Prayer for Rain
1. Abu Hanifah (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) said : there is
no [emphasized] sunnah salah in a group to pray for rain
[although it is recommended], but if people pray singly, it is
permissible. [The emphasized aspect of] praying for rain is
merely supplication and seeking forgiveness.
Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : [it is sunnah that] the imam
lead the people in two rakàh, making the recitation audible in
them. Then, he delivers a khutbah [or two].
2. He faces the qiblah in supplication. The imam switches his
cloak around [when starting the supplication], but the people
do not switch their cloaks around.
3. The People of the Covenant [of Jizyah] do not attend the
Prayer for Rain.
7.5 The Vigil of Ramadan (Tarawih)
1. It is recommended that the people gather in the month of
Ramadan after ìsha’, so that their imam can lead them in five
tarwihah, with two taslim in each tarwihah.
2. He sits between every two tarwihah the duration of a tarwihah.
3. Then he leads them in witr.
Witr should not be performed with a group in other than the
month of Ramadan.
8.0 FUNERALS
8.1 Preparation of the Body

1. When [death] approaches a man, he is turned towards the
qiblah on his right side, and the Two Testifications are
suggested to him.
2. Then, when he dies, they tie his jaws [shut] and close his
eyes.
3. When they want to wash him, they put him on a dais, place a
cloth over his nakedness and remove his clothes. They
perform wudu’ for him, but do not rinse his mouth, nor his
nostrils [unless he was in janabah]. Then, they pour water
over him. The dais is perfumed thrice with incense. The water
is boiled with lote-leaves, or with saltwort, but if there is none
then pure water [is used]. His head and beard are washed
with marsh mallow. Then, he is made to lie on his left side,
and is then washed with water and lote until it is seen that the
water has reached to that [part] of [the body] adjacent to the
dais. Then, he is made to lie on his right side, and then
washed with water and lote until it is seen that the water has
reached to that [part] of [the body] adjacent to the dais. Then
[the washer] makes him sit up, and to lean against him, and
he wipes his stomach with a gentle stroke. Then, if anything
emerges from him, he washes [that area], but does not repeat
his ghusl.
4. Then, he wipes him with a cloth and puts him in his shrouding
garments. He puts hunut on his head and his beard, and
camphor on the places of prostration.
5. Any [fetus] that produces a sound after birth is prayed over. If
it did not produce a sound, it is wrapped in a cloth, and it is
not prayed over.
8.2 Shrouding
1. The sunnah is that a man be shrouded in three shrouds : a
waist-wrapper (izar), an upper garment (qamis) and a wrapper
(lifafah), but if they restrict [it] to two shrouds, it is
permissible. When they desire to wrap the wrapper around
him, they begin with the left side, putting [the shroud] over it,
then the right side. If they fear the shroud may unfold from
him, they tie it.
2. A woman is shrouded in five garments : a waist-wrapper, an
upper-garment, a scarf, a piece of cloth with which her breasts
are tied, and a wrapper. If they restrict [it] to three shrouds,
it is permissible. The scarf should be on top of the upper-
garment under the wrapper. Her hair is placed on her chest.
3. The deceased’s hair is not combed, nor his beard, nor are his
nails cut, nor is his hair braided.
4. The shrouds are perfumed with incense an odd number of
times before he is inserted into them.
5. When they are done with this, they pray over him.

8.3 The Funeral Prayer
1. The most worthy of people to pray over him is the ruler if he is
present. But, if he is not present then it is recommended to send
ahead the imam of his locality, then the waliyy. If [someone] other
than the waliyy or the ruler prayed over him, the waliyy repeats
[the prayer], but if the waliyy prayed then it is not permissible for
anyone to pray after him.
2. The prayer should not be performed over the deceased in a group[
prayer] mosque.
3. The prayer is :
4. If he was buried without the prayer being performed over him, it is
performed over his grave.
8.4 Burial
1. Then, when they carry him on his dais, they hold its four ‘legs’,
walk with it swiftly [but] without racing.
2. Then, when they reach his grave, it is disliked for people to sit
before it is let down from the men’s shoulders.
3. The grave is dug and an incision is made in the qiblah-side wall.
4. The deceased should be entered from [the side] adjacent to the
qiblah. When he is placed in the incision, the one placing him says,
Bismillah wa-`ala millati Rasulillah, and faces him to the qiblah. He
unties the knot, and arranges unbaked bricks in [the incision]. It is
disliked to use baked bricks and wood. There is no harm in [using]
straw [in addition].
5. Then, the soil is piled on. The grave is raised like a camel’s hump,
and not flattened.
8.5 The Martyr
1. The martyr (shahid) is someone whom the pagans killed, or who
was found in the battle-field with the mark of wounding on him, or
who was killed wrongfully by the Muslims and for whose death
blood-money did not become due [initially].
that one pronounce a takbir, extolling Allah, the Exalted, after
it,
then, one pronounces a takbir, and [then] sends salutations on
the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace),
then one pronounces a takbir, supplicating therein for himself,
for the deceased and for the Muslims.
then one pronounces a fourth takbir and pronounces taslim.
One who is killed in a prescribed punishment, or retaliatory
execution, is washed and prayed over.
Those rebels and highway robbers who are killed are not
prayed over.

2. [The martyr] is shrouded and prayed over, but he is not washed. If
one in janabah was martyred, [then] according to Abu Hanifah he is
washed. Similar [is the case with] the child. Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad said : they are not washed. The martyr’s blood is not
washed off him, nor are his clothes removed, but furs, khuffs,
padded garments and weapons are removed from him.
3. One who lingered [in dying] is washed. Lingering is :
that he eat, or drink,
or receive medical treatment,
or remain alive until the time of one salah passes over him
while he is conscious,
or that he be transported from the battle-field alive.

PURIFYING CHARITY (ZAKAH)
1.0 OBLIGATION
1. Zakat is obligatory on
There is no zakat [obligatory] upon a child, nor an insane person,
nor a mukatib.
There is no zakat [obligatory] upon anyone who has a [due] debt
encompassing his money. But, if his money is more than the debt,
he pays zakat on the excess if it reaches nisab.
If one advance-pays the zakat before the year [has passed over it],
and he possesses nisab, it is valid.
If wealth is destroyed after the obligation of zakat [has become
due], it is waived.
2. [Zakat due (in various proportions) on : gold silver cash trade-
goods freely-grazing livestock kept for milk, breeding or fattening :
camels, cows, sheep and goats. produce (excluding firewood, reeds
Obligation
Silver
Gold
Trade Goods
Recipients
Sadaqat al-Fitr
the free, adult sane Muslim,
when he possesses the nisab with complete possession, and
a [lunar] year has passed over it.

and grass). buried treasures and metals.]
There is no zakat [obligatory] on:
3. It is not valid to offer zakat without an intention coinciding with the
payment, or coinciding with the setting-aside of the obligatory
portion.
One who gave all of his wealth in charity, without intending zakat,
its obligation is waived from him.
2.0 ZAKAT ON SILVER
1. There is no charity [obligatory] on any [silver]less than 200
dirhams.
[200 dirhams corresponds to19.69 troy oz and 612.36g.]
2. Then, if it is 200 dirhams, and a [lunar] years passes over it, 5
dirhams are are due for it.
3. There is nothing due on the excess until it reaches 40 dirhams, and
then 1 dirham is due for it.
[Similarly] for every 40 dirhams, there is 1 dirham [due].
Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : Whatever exceeds 200 [dirhams]
its zakat is in proportion.
4. If the silver is dominant in silver coins, then their ruling is that of
silver. But, if alloy is dominant then their ruling is that of trade
goods, and its reaching nisab is taken into account.
3.0 ZAKAT ON GOLD
1. There is no zakat [obligatory] on any gold less than 20 mithqal.
[20 mithqal corresponds to 2.81 troy oz and 87.48g.]
2. Then, if it is 20 mithqal, and a [lunar] year passes over it, then half
a mithqal is due for it.
3. Then, for every 4 mithqal, 2 qirat [are due].
There is no charity [obligatory] on any [gold] less than 4 mithqal
according to Abu Hanifah.
4. There is zakat due on raw gold and silver, [as well as on] jewelry
and vessels [made] of them.
residential homes,
body clothes,
household furniture,
riding-beasts,
slaves in service,
weapons of use.

4.0 ZAKAT ON GOODS
1. Zakat is obligatory on trade goods, whatever they may be, if
their value reaches the nisab of gold or silver; one assesses it
based on whichever of the two is more beneficial for the poor
and destitute.
2. If the nisab is complete at teh two ends of the [lunar] year,
then its dropping in between that does not waive the zakat.
3. The value of goods is added to gold and silver.
Similarly, gold is added to silver in value in order to reach the
nisab, according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad
said : Gold is not added to silver by value, but it is added by
parts.
5.0 THOSE TO WHOM IT IS AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE
ZAKAT
5.1 Those Who May Receive Zakat
Allah, the Exalted, says, (translated),
"Alms are only for the poor, the destitute, those who
collect them, those whose hearts are to be reconciled,
for [mukatib] slaves, debtors, and in the Path of Allah,
and the wayfarer. An [ordained] obligation from Allah.
And Allah is Knowing, Wise." [Qur’an, 9:60]
These, then, are eight categories, out of which ‘those whose hearts
are to be reconciled’ have dropped, because Allah has granted
honor to Islam and has freed [it] of need of them.
The Poor : is one who has the least of things.
The Destitute : is one who has nothing.
The [Zakat-]Worker : is paid by the imam in proportion to his
work, if he worked.
Slaves : the mukatibun are assisted in freeing themselves.
The Debtor : is one on whom a debt is incumbent.
In the Path of Allah : are the stranded fighters.
The Wayfarer : is one who has money in his home-land, but is in a
place in which he has nothing.
These, then are the sections of zakat.
The possessor may pay [some] to each of them, or he may restrict
himself to one category.
5.2 Causes Not Eligible for Receipt of Zakat

1. It is not permissible for one to give zakat to a dhimmi,
2. Nor may a mosque be built with it,
3. Nor may a dead person be shrouded with it,
4. Nor may a slave be bought with it to free,
5. Nor may it be payed to a rich person.
5.3 Relationships Making One Ineligible to Receive Zakat
1. Nor may the payer of zakat pay it to his father, nor his
grandfather even if higher [up in ascendancy],
2. Nor to his child, nor his child’s child, even if lower [down in
descendancy],
3. Nor to his wife.
A woman may not pay [her zakat] to her husband, according
to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : she may pay
[it] to him.
4. One may not pay [one’s zakat] to one’s mukatib or slave, nor
to the slave of a wealthy person, nor to the child of a wealthy
person if he is a minor.
5. It may not be paid to Banu Hashim, and they are : the
Household of Àli, the Household of Àbbas, the Household of
Ja`far, the Household of Harith ibn Àbd al-Muttalib; nor to
their freed slaves.
5.4 Miscellaneous Regulations
1. Abu Hanifah and Muhammad said : If one pays zakat to a man
whom one thinks to be poor, and then it transpires that he is
rich, or Hashimi, or an unbeliever, or [if] one paid [it] in
darkness to a poor person, and then it transpired that he was
his father or his son, then repeating it is not [obligatory] upon
him.
Abu Yusuf said : Repetition is [obligatory] upon him.
If one paid [it] to a person, and then he learned that he is his
slave or mukatib, it is not valid according to the verdict of
them all.
2. It is not permissible to pay zakat to anyone who possesses the
nisab of whatever type of wealth it may be. It is permissible to
pay it to anyone who possesses less than that, even if he is
healthy and earning.
3. It is disliked to transfer zakat from one land to another; rather
the alms of each people should be distributed amongst them,
unless a person transfers it it to his relatives, or to a people
who are more in need than the people of his land.
6.0 SADAQAT AL-FITR

6.1 Obligation
1. Sadaqat al-Fitr is wajib on the free Muslim, if he is in
possession of the quantity of nisab in excess of his dwelling,
clothing, furnishings, horse, weapons and service slaves.
2. He gives it out on behalf of himself, his minor children and his
slaves.
He does not pay [it] on behalf of his wife, nor his adult
children, even if they are in his household.
He does not give it out on behalf of his mukatib, nor his slaves
[who were acquired] for trade.
There is no fitrah due on either of the two [masters] of a slave
[co-owned] between two partners.
A Muslim master pays the fitrah on behalf of his unbelieving
slave.
3. The obligation of the fitrah is attached to the rise of the dawn
on the Day of [`Id al-] Fitr. So, whoever dies before that, his
fitrah has not become wajib. Whoever accepts Islam, or is
born, after the rise of the dawn, his fitrah has not become
wajib.
6.2 Payment
1. The fitrah is :
half a sa` of wheat, OR
one sa` of [dried] dates or raisins or barley.
The sa` according to Abu Hanifah and Muhammad is 8 Iraqi
ratl.
Abu Yusuf said : [it is] 5
1
/3
ratl.
[1 sa` is a volume of 2.03 litres, and corresponds to
approximately 3,149.28g.
1 sa` ~ 4 mudd; 1 mudd ~ 2 ratl; 1 ratl ~ 20 istar; 1 istar
~ 4½ mithqal {Radd al-Muhtar}]
2. It is recommended for people to give out the fitrah on the Day
of Fitr before going out to the prayer place. If they advance-
pay it before the Day of Fitr, it is valid. But, if they delayed it
beyond the Day of Fitr, it is not waived, and it is [still an
obligation] upon them to give it out.

FASTING (SIYAM)
1.0 THE OBLIGATION OF FASTING
1. The time for fasting is from the rising of the second dawn until
the setting of the sun.
2. Fasting is : abstention from eating, drinking and sexual
intercourse by day with the intention.
3. If in Ramadan a child reached adulthood, or an unbeliever
accepted Islam, they abstain [from things which invalidate
fasting] for the remainder of that day, and fast that which
comes thereafter. They do not make up what passed.
4. If a traveller arrives [at his place of residence], or a
[menstruating] woman attains purity with part of the day
The Obligation of Fasting
The Intention
Sighting the Crescent
For Ramadan
For `Id
Actions of the Fasting Person
Things that do not break the fast
Things that are disliked for the fastiung person
Things that break the fast and require a makeup
Things that break the fast, and require makeup and
expiation
Excuses
Those who may postpone fasting
Making up missed fasts
Fidyah
Seclusion

[remaining], they abstain [from those things which invaliate
fasting] for the rest of that day.
2.0 THE INTENTION
Fasting is of two sorts : obligatory and supererogatory (nafl).
1. The obligatory is of two sorts : among it is that which is
attached to a specific time, such as the fast of ramadan, and a
specified vow. The fasting of [this category] is valid with an
intention from the night, but if one did not intend until the
morning, the intention suffices him between [dawn] and {the
middle of the day}. The second sort is that which becomes
obligatory to fulfil, such as the make-up [fasts] of Ramadan,
unrestricted vows, and atonements. These are not valid
without an intention from the night.
2. All of the nafl is valid with an intention before {the middle of
the day}.
3.0 SIGHTING THE CRESCENT
3.1 For Ramadan
1. It is imperative for the people to seek the new crescent on the
twenty-ninth day of Sha`ban. Then, if they see it, they fast
[the following day], but if it is obscured from them, they
complete the couting of Sha`ban as thirty days and then fast
[after that].
2. Whoever sights the new crescent of Ramadan alone fasts, even
if the imam does not accept his testimony.
3. If there is some obstruction in the sky, the imam accepts the
testimony of one upright [Muslim] - be that male or female,
free-man or slave - for the sighting of the crescent. But, if
there is no obstruction in the sky, [one individual’s] testimony
is not accepted until a large multitude sight it, by whose report
[certain] knowledge is attained.
3.2 For `Id
1. Someone who alone sights the crescent for ending the fast
does not stop fasting.
2. When there is some obstruction in the sky, only the testimony
of two men, or one man and two women, is accepted for
[sighting of] the crescent for ending the fast. But, if there is
no obstruction in the sky, only the testimony of a large

multitude -- by whose report [certain] knowledge is attained --
is accepted.
4.0 ACTIONS OF THE FASTING PERSON
4.1 Things that do not break the fast
1. If the fasting one ate, or drank, or had sexual inercourse out of
forgetfulness [that he was fasting], his fast is not broken.
2. If he slept and then had an erotice dream, or looked at a
woman and ejaculated, or oiled [his head], or underwent
blood-letting, or used antimony [in his eyes], or kissed, his
fast is not broken.
3. If one is overcome by vomiting, his fast is not broken.
4. If he applied drops inside his urethra, his fast is not broken
according to Abu Hanifah. Abu Yusuf said : his fast is broken.
4.2 Things that are Disliked for the Fasting Person
1. If someone tastes something with his mouth, his fast is not
broken, but it is disliked for him to do that.
2. It is disliked for a woman to chew the food for her infant if she
has some alternative.
3. Chewing gum does not break the person’s fast, but it is
disliked.
4.3 Things that Break the Fast and require Makeup
1. If he ejaculated on account of a kiss or touch, then make-up is
due upon him.
There is no harm in kissing if he feels himself safe, but it is
disliked if he does not feel safe.
2. Makeup is due, but not expiation, for someone who had
intercourse in other than the private parts and ejaculated.
3. If one deliberately made himself vomit a mouthful then
makeup is due upon him.
4. The fast of someone who swallows pebbles or iron is broken.
5. Whoever had an anal enema, or applied nose-drops, or ear-
drops, or treated a torn belly or a skull-fracture with medicine
such that it reached his body cavity or his brain, his fast is
broken.
6. If someone had suhur thinking the dawn had not [yet] risen, or
broke his fast thinking the sun had set, and then it turned out
that the dawn had risen, or that the sun had not set, makes up
that day, but there is no expiation due on him.
7. Someone who lost consciousness in Ramadan does not make

up the day on which the loss of consciousness occurred, but he
makes up that which came after it.
8. If an insane person regained sanity with part of Ramadan
[remaining], he makes up what passed of it.
9. If a woman menstruates, she stops fasting and makes up
[fasting for the days of menstruation].
10. Whoever enters into an optional fast, or an optional prayer,
and then spoils it, makes it up.
4.4 Things that Break the Fast and require Makeup and Expiation
1. Expiation is due on someone who deliberately has sexual
intercourse in one of the two passages, or eats or drinks
something which provides nutrition, or is used for treatment
2. The expiation is like the expiation for zihar.
3. There is no expiation for spoiling a fast in other than Ramadan.
5.0 EXCUSES
5.1 Those who may Postpone Fasting
1. Someone who is sick in Ramadan, and fears that if he fasts his
sickness will increase, breaks his fast and makes [it] up [later].
2. If one is a traveller who is not harmed by fasting, then for him
to fast is preferable, but if he does not fast and makes it up
[later] it is permissible.
3. The pregnant or nursing woman, if they fear for their children,
do not fast and make it up, and there is no redemption due
upon them.
5.2 Making up Missed Fasts
1. The makeup of Ramadan may be performed separately if one
wishes, or consecutively if one wishes.
2. If one delayed it until another Ramadan entered, he fasts the
second Ramadan, and makes up the first after it, and there is
no redemption due upon him.
3. If the invalid or the traveller dies while they are in that
condition, makeup is not incumbent upon them. But, if the
invalid recovers, or the traveller takes up residence, and then
they die, makeup is incumbent upon them for the extent of the
health or residence.
5.3 Redemption (Fidyah)
1. The aged man who is not capable of fasting does not fast, and

for every day he feeds a poor person, just as one feeds in
expiations.
2. Whoever died with makeup [fasts] of Ramadan due upon him,
and bequeathed for it, his guardian, on his behalf, feeds for
every day to one poor person : half a sa` of wheat, or one sa`
of dates, or one sa` of barley.
6.0 SECLUSION (I`TIKAF)
1. Seclusion is praiseworthy. It comprises remaining in the
mosque, with fast and the intention of seclusion.
2. It is prohibited for the secluded one :
3. If the secluded one had sexual intercourse, by night or day, his
seclusion is invalidated.
4. He should not exit from the mosque except for a a human
need, or [for] Jumu`ah [prayer].
5. There is no harm in his buying or selling in the mosque without
bringing the goods there.
6. He should speak only well, but [intentional] silence is disliked
for him.
7. Whoever obligated upon himself seclusion for [a number of]
days is obliged to to seclude himself for them along with their
nights, and [the days] are consecutive, even if he did not
stipulate consecutiveness.
to have sexual intercourse
to touch [with lust]

PILGRIMAGE (HAJJ)
(with some rearrangement).
(Evidences are generally omitted for brevity)
1. OBLIGATION OF HAJJ
2. THE IHRAM
3. COMPONENTS OF HAJJ (IFRAD)
4. QIRAN
5. TAMATTU`
Fard Rites in Hajj
Wajib Acts in Hajj
The Mawaqit
Entering Ihram
Forbidden Deeds during Ihram
Permissible Deeds during Ihram
Recommended during Ihram
The Tawaf of Arrival
The Sa`y
Going out to Mina
Arafah
Muzdalifah
Pelting Jamrat al-`Aqabah
The Tawaf of Pouring Forth (Ifadah) or Visiting
(Ziyarah)
Stoning the Jamarat
The Tawaf of Farewell (Wida`)
Special regulations for women
`Umrah Components
Hajj Components
The Sacrificial Blood of Qiran

6. TRANSGRESSIONS IN PILGRIMAGE
7. BEING PREVENTED FROM PERFORMING HAJJ (IHSAR) OR
MISSING THE HAJJ (FAWAT)
8. `UMRAH
9. THE SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL
10. IMMOLATION (UDHIYAH/QURBANI)
1.0 OBLIGATION OF HAJJ
1. Hajj is obligatory on free, sane, healthy adults if
2. If a youth attains maturity, or a slave is freed, after entering ihram,
and they continue thus, it does not suffice them for the Hajj of
Islam.
1.1 Fard Rites in Hajj
`Umrah Components
Hajj Components
The Sacrificial Blood of Tamattu`
Transgressions of the Ihram; Sexual Transgressions
Transgressions in Tawaf
Other Miscellaneous Transgressions
Hunting Transgressions; Killing Game, Other Hunting
Transgressions
Violations of the Haram
Transgressions in Hajj Qiran
Ihsar; Make-up Requirements, Removal of the
Prevention
Fawat
Permissible Animals
Benefitting from Sacrificial Animals
Preparation and Slaughter
Replacement
Obligation
Slaughter
Benefitting from the Sacrifice
they are capable of [affording] provision and transportation, in
excess of one’s dwelling, of that which is essential, and the
maintenance of one’s family until the time of his return, and
the way is safe, and
for a woman, her having a mahram or husband to perform hajj
with her, is considered. It is not permissible for her to perform
hajj without [these] two if there is between her and Makkah a
distance of three days’ and nights’ journey.

1. Ihram, before any of the other rites.
2. Standing at Àrafah, for at least a moment, any time between
the decline of the sun on the 9th of Dhu’l-Hijjah, and the dawn
of the 10th.
3. Tawaf of Visiting, after the Standing at Àrafah, with intention.
4. Maintaining the order between the fard acts (ihram-Standing-
Tawaf)
5. Keeping away from sexual intercourse before the Standing.
1.2 Wajib Acts in Hajj
1. Standing at Muzdalifah, for at least a moment after dawn on
the 10th of Dhu’l-Hijjah.
2. Sa`y (Running between Safa and Marwah)
3. Pelting the Jamarat
4. Tawaf of Leaving, for other than menstruating women and the
residents of Makkah.
5. Cutting or shaving the hair of the head within the Haram,
within the Days of Immolation.
6. Not delaying ihram beyond the miqat.
7. Keeping away from transgressions of the ihram (sexual
intercourse after the Standing, wearing sewn garments,
covering the head and/or face).
8. Prolonging the Standing at Àrafah until after sunset and after
the imam has begun issuing forth.
9. Delaying Maghrib and Ìsha’ until Muzdalifah
10. Not delaying the Tawaf of Visiting beyond the Days of
Immolation.
11. Beginning tawaf from the Black Stone.
12. Performing tawaf counter-clockwise.
13. Performing tawaf around the hatim.
14. Walking in tawaf, for one who has no excuse.
15. Being in a state of purity during tawaf.
16. Covering the nakedness during tawaf.
17. Performing two rakàh after tawaf.
18. Beginning Sa`y from Safa
19. Walking in Sa`y, for one who has no excuse.
20. Performing Sa`y after a valid Tawaf
21. Slaughtering a ewe, for one performing tamattu` or qiran.
22. Maintaining the order between pelting, slaughtering and
cutting hair.
2.0 THE IHRAM

2.1 The Mawaqit
1. The mawaqit which it is not permissible for a person to pass except
in the state of ihram are:
2. If one entered ihram before these mawaqit, it is valid.
3. The miqat of one whose dwelling-place is after the mawaqit, is al
Hill .
4. The miqat of one who is in Makkah is the Haram for hajj and al-
for ùmrah.
5. The Months of Hajj are : Shawwal, Dhu’-Qa`dah, and the [first] ten
of Dhu’l-Hijjah. But, if one entered ihram for hajj before this, it is
valid, and it counts as hajj [except that he must wait until the time
of hajj to perform the rites].
2.2 Entering Ihram
When one desires to enter ihram, he
1. performs ghusl or wudu’, but ghusl is better
2. wears two new or washed cloths : an izar (waist-wrapper) and a
rida’ (upper garment).
3. applies perfume if he has some
4. he prays two rakàh
5. says, Allahumma inni uridu’l-hajja fa-yassirhu li wa-taqabbalhu
minni.
6. pronounces talbiyah after his salah.
2.3 Forbidden Deeds during Ihram
When one has pronounced talbiyah, he has entered ihram, and so he
should keep away from that which Allah has forbidden :
1. rafath (sexual intercourse, or sexual talk),
2. fusuq (sins) and
3. jidal (argument).
for the people of Madinah : Dhu’l-Hulayfah,
for the people of Ìraq : Dhatu-Ìrq,
for the people of the Levant (al-Sham) : al-Juhfah,
for the people of Najd : Qarn al-Manazil,
for the people of Yemen : Yalamlam.
If he is performing hajj alone (ifrad), he intends hajj with his
talbiyah.
The talbiyah is that one say : Labbayk-allahumma labbayk.
Labbayk la sharika laka labbayk. Innal-hamda wan-ni`mata
laka wal-mulk. la sharika lak.
It is not appropriate to leave out any of these words, but if one
added [something] after them it is permissible.

4. He should not kill game, nor point it out, nor direct to it.
5. He should not wear a shirt, nor pants, nor a turban, nor a cap,
nor a gown.
Nor [should he wear] khuffs unless he cannot find shoes, in
which case he should cut them below the tarsus
6. He should not cover his head, nor his face.
7. He should not apply perfume.
He should not wash his hair or beard with marsh amllow.
8. He should not shave his head, nor his body hair, nor cut
[anything from] his beard, nor [cut] his nails.
9. He should not wear a garment died with wirs , saffron or
safflower, unless it has been washed and does not exude
fragrance.
2.4 Permissible Deeds during Ihram
There is no harm in :
1. performing ghusl
2. entering a bath-house
3. taking shade under a house, or a canopy
4. Tying a himyan (belt to carry money) around his waist.
2.5 Recommended during Ihram
One should recite talbiyah abundantly, after salah, and whenever
one mounts an elevated place, or descends into a valley, or meets
riders, and in the last part of the night.
3.0 COMPONENTS OF HAJJ (IFRAD)
3.1 The Tawaf of Arrival
When one enters Makkah, he begins [by going] to the Sacred
Mosque, then when one sees the House, he pronounces takbir and
tahlil.
1. Then, one starts at the Black Stone, faces it, pronounces
takbir, raises his hands and touches it, and kisses it if one is
able to [do so] without harming any Muslim.
2. Then, he starts [walking] to his right, by the door [of the
Ka`bah],
3. having donned his rida’ in the style of idtiba’ .
4. One makes ones tawaf (circumambulation) around the Hatim.
5. One performs raml in the first three circuits, and walks calmly
in the remaining [four].

6. One touches the Stone whenever one passes by it, if one is
able, and one ends the tawaf with touching [it].
7. Then, one proceeds to the Maqam (Station of Prophet
Abraham) and prays two rakàh at it, or wherever he is easily
able to in the Mosque.
This is the Tawaf of Arrival (tawaf al-qudum). It is sunnah, and is
not obligatory.
3.2 The Sa`y
1. Then, one sets out to Safa. One climbs onto it, faces the
qiblah, pronounces takbir and tahlil, invokes blessings on the
Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and
supplicates Allah for his needs.
2. Then, one descends calmly in the direction of Marwah.
3. Then, when he reaches the inside of the valley, he runs
between the two green posts.
4. [He proceeds] until he comes to Marwah, and then he climbs
onto it and does as he did on Safa.
This is one round, and he performs seven [such] rounds, [such
that] he begins at Safa and ends at Marwah.
Then, [if performing ifrad] one stays in Makkah in the state of
ihram, performing tawaf whenever one desires.
3.3 Going out to Mina
1. Then, when it is one day before the Day of Tarwiyah , the
imam delivers a sermon in which he teaches the people [the
details] of going out to Mina, salah in Àrafat, the Standing,
and the Ifadah.
2. Then, when one has prayed fajr on the Day of Tarwiyah in
Makkah, one goes out to Mina and stays there until he prays
Fajr on the Day of Àrafah.
3. Then, one sets out to Àrafat, and stays there.
3.4 Arafah
1. Then, when the sun declines on the Day of Àrafah, the imam
leads people in Zuhr and Àsr, starting with a sermon in which
he teaches people [the details of] the Standing at Àrafah and
Muzdalifah, the Pelting of the Jimar, the Immolation and the
There is no Tawaf of Arrival due upon the people of Makkah.
If the one in ihram did not enter Makkah, and [instead] set out
for Àrafat [directly], and stood there according to what we
[shall] mention, the Tawaf of Arrival is waived for him, and he
is not liable to do anything for having omitted it.

Tawaf of the Visit (Ziyarah).
2. He leads the people in Zuhr and Àsr in the time of Zuhr, with one
adhan and two iqamah.
3. Then, he sets out to the Standing Place, and stands close to the
mountain, although all of Àrafah is a standing place except for the
valley of Àrafah.
4. It is appropriate for the imam to stand at Àrafah on his camel, and
to supplicate and teach people the rites.
5. It is recommended to perform ghusl before the Standing, and
6. [It is recommended] to exert oneself in supplication.
7. Then, when the sun sets, the imam, and the people with him, pour
forth at their leisure, [proceeding] until they come to Muzdalifah
and alight there.
3.5 Muzdalifah
1. It is praiseworthy to descend close to the mountain called Quzah,
on which is the Hearth.
2. The imam leads the people in Maghrib and Ìsha’ with an adhan
and iqamah.
Whoever prays Maghrib on the way, it is not valid according to Abu
Hanifah and Muhammad.
3. Then, when the sun rises, the imam leads the people in Fajr in the
dark [part of the time].
4. Then, he stands, and the people stand with him, and he supplicates.
All of Muzdalifah is a standing place, except for the Valley of
Muhassir.
5. Then, the imam, and the people [along] with him, pour forth before
sunrise, [proceeding] until they come to Mina.
3.6 Pelting Jamrat al-Àqabah
1. Then, one proceeds to Jamrat al-Àqabah, and pelts it
2. One ceases talbiyah with the [throwing of] the first pebble.
Whoever prays in his camp alone prays each one [of the
prayers] at its [own] time according to Abu Hanifah (may
Allah, the Exalted, show mercy to him). Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad said : The solitary one conjoins them.
Whoever catches the Standing at Àrafah between the decline
of the sun on the Day of Àrafah, until sunrise on the Day of
Immolation, has caught the hajj.
Whoever traversed Àrafah while sleeping or unconscious, or
did not know it was Àrafah, that suffices him for the
Standing.
from the inside of the valley,
with seven pebbles, like the stones of a slingshot
pronouncing takbir with every pebble.
One does not stand by it [thereafter].

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